SP Ramh IIT Madras on 9th March

SP Ramh IIT Madras on 9th March

varNam - nIlambari - LGJ
gaNanAthanE - sArangA
seethamma mAyamma - vasanta
inkevvaru unnAru - sahAnA
marivere -latAngi
adikAdu bhajana - yadukula kAmbodhi
viruttam/slokam in bEgada, kalyANi, bhairavi, sindhubhairavi to be followed by a well known bharatiyAr piece and a madhuvanti piece
khamAs tillAna
pavamAna

SP Ramh gave a nice concert with rare kritis at CLT, IIT Madras on 9th March. The evening started off with a varNam in nIlambari by LGJ (i guess) to follow this was gaNanAthanE in sArangA. The vasantA piece seethamma mAyamma was next. To follow this was a sahAnA alApanai to be followed by a kriti by Annaswamy Sastri. The two rAgAs that were elaborated with alApanai, neraval and swarams were latAngi and yadukula kAmbodhi the kritis being marivere of patnam and adikAdu bhajana of tyAgaraja swami resp. The latAngi though was good left a lot of unexplored parts. The yadukula kAmbodi was well rendered. the violinst gave a good support and was sparkling in parts of the concert. the tani was also good. its been a week since the concert and with due apologies to the accompanists, i dont remember their names. the tukkadA section started off with a viruttam/slokam in bEgada, kalyANi, bhairavi, sindhubhairavi to be followed by a well known bharatiyAr piece and a madhuvanti piece. The concert ended with a khamAs tillAna and pavamAna. All thro' the kutcheri one felt that Ramh and his throat were not commuting to each other's needs.

bharath